This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK over the next week or so that could be of interest to pagans. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at [email protected].

Now – 2 February 2020; William Blake exhibition. Venue: Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Entry: £18/£17/Free for members. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/william-blake-artist?

Now – March 2020; Ithell Colquhoun exhibition. Venue: The Last Tuesday Society and the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RS. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Now – 8 March 2020; Troy: Myth and Reality exhibition. Venue: Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. You need to prebook tickets (unless you are a member): £20. https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/troy-myth-and-reality

Now – 5 December; Divine Stroke – exhibition of art inspired by spirituality. Venue: Amina Malik Gallery, 28 Station Road, SE25 5AG. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/950087035356252/

Wednesday 27 November; Time to Meditate – group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Arrive 6pm for 6.10pm start. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 27 November; Here Be Witches Shorts Programme. The Final Girls presenting a curated programme of short films that explore the cult of the witch. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London WC1N 1JD. Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets: £10. https://dice.fm/event/l38mw-here-be-witches-short-films-27th-nov-the-horse-hospital-london-tickets

Wednesday 27 November; Sagittarius New Moon Gong Bath. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London E9 7AD. Two sessions: 7pm and 8.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.sheslostcontrol.co.uk

Wednesday 27 November; Sacred Singing. Open your heart and voice through chanting. Venue in London N16. Time: 7.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/683456182148551/

Wednesday, 27 November; Resurgence Talks: A Green and Prosperous Land – A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside with Professor Dieter Helm. Venue: 42 Acres, 66 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LW. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12. For more details visit: https://www.42acresshoreditch.com/events/

Wednesday, 27 November; Hertford and Ware Moot Moot. (Usually the last Wednesday of each month.) Venue: The White Horse, 33 Castle Street, SG14 1HH Hertford, Hertfordshire. Time: 8pm. Entry: £3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047/

Wednesday, 27 November; Fortean Travels in London. Talk by Chris Roberts, author of Bus Travel in South London – stories from the city over the water, at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/

Thursday 28 November; On the Mystery of Being. Talk and book signing by Shakti Caterina Maggi. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 28 November; Yoga’s Hidden Occultism. Talk by Phil Hine. Venue: Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 29 November; Meditation and Om Healing. (Weekly, usually on Friday). Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 7pm. Entry free. http://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/

Friday 29 November; Honouring the Elder Moon Gong Bath with Diana Vernon. Relax in a candlelit hall where the resonance of gongs will help you recharge your spiritual self. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: Members £22/non-members £25. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 29 November; Holistic Sound Bath Meditation – Summoning The Sacred (weekly ceremonial gathering). Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 6 Coopers Yard, Crystal Palace, SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.facebook.com/summoningthesacredsound/

Friday 29 November; Awakening in the Eternal Present hosted by Golden Rosycross. Venue: Pullens Centre, 184 Crampton Street, London SE17 3BF. Time: 7pm. Tickets free, but registration essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/awakening-in-the-eternal-present-tickets-81522404707?

Saturday 30 November; Grounding and Protection workshop with Lucy Aumonier. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time:10am-5pm. Tickets: £105/£85.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturdays 30 November and 7 December. Two-day workshop on Carl Jung: The Roots of his Thought and Practice, with tutor Kenneth Rees. Venue: The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London WC1 (nearest tube stations – Holborn, Russell Square). Time: 10.15am – 5.30pm. Course No: 454. Fees: £57/ £20. Enrolment: 0207 269 6000 (or online). Enquires: 0208 671 6372. www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

Saturday 30 November;  Images and echoes of the Homeric world – Gallery Talk. Venue: Room 12, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free, but advance booking required. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/gallery_talks.aspx

Saturday 30 November; Tales of Death and Magic: storytelling and music around the fire in a secret garden. Venue: Secret location in Peckham/Bermondsey. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £6 email [email protected] to book a place. Dress warmly. For more details, visit https://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 30 November; Gong Bath with Guru Ben. Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary, Pea Lane, Upminster, Havering, RM142XH. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £20. www.healingandteaching.co.uk or contact Ben on: [email protected]

Saturday 30 November – December 1; Aphrodite’s Monthly Festival, hosted by Aphrodite’s Flame. Everyone around the world is invited to light Aphrodite’s Flame in honour of her monthly festival. Keep a candle lit for as long or as short a time as you wish from dusk on the date listed to dusk the following day. https://www.facebook.com/aphroditesflame/

Sunday 1 – Saturday 7 December; PaganAid Yule Auction 2019. Online auction in aid of the pagan charity, starts 8am. Details on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2459571671035990/

Sunday 1 December; Are you about to get lucky? (Jupiter is on the move). Workshop with Yasmin Boland. Run by Alternatives. Venue: Regent’s University, Acland Building, Inner Circle, Regents Park, London NW1 4NS. Time: 10am-1pm. Tickets £50 online. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Sunday 1 December; Sunday Meditation class with Lisabetta (almost) every Sunday. Drop-in class suitable for beginners and more experienced meditators. Venue: The Little Escape Therapy Centre, 4 Paxton Mews, off Westow St, London SE19 3RW. Time: 10am-11am. Cost: £12 per class, £30 for 3 classes. https://harmonious-healing.com/

Sunday 1 December; The Hedge Witch in the Kitchen. Workshop on making lotions, potions, charms and creative items for Yule, with May Draper and Betsy Too. Venue: Moore Street, Strood, Kent. Time: 10am-5pm. Cost: £50 includes lunch. To book a place, email [email protected]
or [email protected]. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/516358839181610/

Sunday 1 December; Marseille Tarot III: Minor Cards. Full-day workshop with Adrien Mastrosimone. Venue: Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets: £75. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 1 December; Crowleymass – Commemorating the Death of Sir Aleister Crowley. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Tickets: £10, includes a gift. Time: 1pm. For more details, call 020 7405 2120 or pop in to the shop. http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Sunday 1 December, West: Jerusalem’s Pillars: A William Blake Walk. Part of a month of Blake walks by poet and walking artist Niall McDevitt in conjunction with New River Press.  Meet at the Marble Arch. Time: 1pm-3.30pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.facebook.com/events/896577437395325/

Monday 2 December; Watching Darkness Fall: a mindful meditation from daylight to darkness. Venue: Culpeper Community Garden, 1 Cloudesley Road, London N1 0EG. Time: 3.40pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Monday 2 December; Free Beginners Astrology Class by Astrological Lodge of London. (Every Monday evening). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA, Time: 6pm-6.50pm. Tickets: Free. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 2 December; Talk for Young Urban Witches. Workshop evenings for under-30s with Rebecca Beattie. Venue: Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. You can book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 3 December; Sacred Sounds Monthly Gong Bath with Gong Master Olaf Nixon. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £22/£25.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 3 December; Yule meeting at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford RM1 1HR. Time: 7pm. Entry: £4 and raffle in aid of Essex wildlife £1. https://www.facebook.com/Romford-Pagan-Moote-634178063700381/

Tuesday 3 December; The Witches’ Inn Yule Gathering. Venue: The Hatch Public House, 44, Hatchlands Road, Redhill, RH1 6AT. Time: 8pm. Free pagan moot, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/The-Witches-Inn-1568424150049437/

Wednesday 4 December; Forest Bathing in Queen’s Wood, Highgate. Meet in the cabin behind Queen’s Wood Cafe, Highgate. Time: 9.30am. Ends at noon. Price: £25. https://www.meetup.com/London-Forest-Bathing-Nature-Connection-Meetup/

Wednesday 4 December; The psychology of conspiracy theories. Talk by Dr Dan Jolley at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: The Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NY. Time: 7.30pm. Details: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org

Thursday 5 December; Practical Mystics: Spirituality and Action. Talk and book signing by  Jennifer Kavanagh. Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit the websites http://www.watkinsbooks.com/  or https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 5 December; Book Launch party for English Illuminati. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, Eng WC1A 1LY. Contact the shop to reserve a place. Time: 7pm. For more details, call 020 7405 2120 or visit http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Thursday 5 December; Forgotten Studies of Memory: Hodgson and Davey’s Mal-Observation Report and the Psychology of Magic. SPR Lecture by Matthew Tompkins. Venue: Society for Psychical Research HQ, 1 Vernon Mews, London, W14 0RL. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5/£2. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Thursday 5 December; Mayan Cacao Ceremony hosted by Ricardo Goni. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £33. www.aho.community

Thursday 5 December; The Scarlet Woman – magical mistress to feminist archetype. Lecture by Dr Manon Hedenborg White. Venue: Treadwell’s Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10. Book by visiting the shop or online: https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 6 December; Open Evening with Taster Sessions and Demonstrations at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, Kensington, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 4.30pm-9pm. Tickets: £25.  https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 7 December; Yule Social Gathering. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 5pm-11pm. Tickets: £3. www.aho.community

Sunday 8 December; Shamanic workshop. Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford London, E18 2JR. Time: 11am-4pm. Cost: £10 pay at door.  http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 8 December; Embodied Archetypes – Winter Wisdom with Lewis Barfoot. Venue: Aho Studio, 13 Prince Edward Rd, London, E9 5LX. Time: 11am-6pm. Tickets: £60. www.aho.community

Note: I am not responsible for any of these events. I try to ensure the details I list are accurate, but do not always know about late changes or ticket availability. Please contact the organisers before turning up to any event. If you spot something that needs correcting or are running an event you want listed, please email me at [email protected].

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